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London borough elects Britain’s first Muslim mayor

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22 Oct 2010 Lutfur Rahman – who won just over 50 per cent of the vote – ran as an independent after he was deselected as Labour’s candidate. He was backed by George Galloway’s Respect organisation. Mr Rahman, who served as Labour leader of the council until he was removed six months ago, said all…

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Radical muslims lose grip on London council

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The Labour leader of Tower Hamlets council, Lutfur Rahman, was last week replaced in his job after this newspaper revealed that he had been elected to the post with the help of a fundamentalist Islamic group, the Islamic Forum of Europe. Mr Rahman was replaced as leader by Helal Abbas, who has condemned the IFE’s…

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